Chapter 9

Golden Gate Bridge:

"Can you pass the sauce?" Angie muffled with food in her mouth.

Chris shook his head, smiling and threw her the bag of sauce. It was their lunch break and Angie wanted to go somewhere with a lot of wind from the hot weather. Chris crumbled his napkin after he finished with his tacos while Angie continued eating her burrito. "She looks like a sweet girl, but she eats like a truck driver." Chris thought, smiling. Now he knows all that training she did with Phoebe over the years kept her figure down. But one of the things Chris liked about Angie was that she did not care too much of her body physique. In her words, "curves are in" (A/N: I made that slogan up over a debate in school)

"I am so glad you decided to choose Mexican today, Chrissie." Angie said as she drank some of her beer.

Chris frowned, two more months and he will be able to drink legally. He learned the hard lesson that drinking illegally can cause parents to worry and give you worse punishments than before. "That's only because it was closet food place from work." Chris looked up, saw Angie looking at her cell once more, and shut it disappointedly. "What's wrong?"

"Do you get tired dating the same people?" Angie asked.

"Um, explain."

"I hate going out with the same douche bags over and over again. At first, they care but later on, they just care about selfish things like sex and money. I should just stop dating guys like that with their perfect abs and perfect hair." Angie grunted as she took a bite of her burrito. "Stupid men."

"Ok…ay. Maybe you find these jerk-offs or you attract them at the wrong places." Chris told her. "Angie, I thought you didn't want a boyfriend."
"I don't but you may never know I can change my mind about the right guy."

"You won't find him over night."

"You're right but –"

"But no! Maybe the right guy is in front of you and you don't even realize it." Chris said to her.

Angie sighed, "Let's hope you're right. It would ease up the searching."

Chris laughed as Angie joined and then, suddenly blue and white orbs appeared in front of them. Chris groaned, seeing an Elder with the golden robes. "Hello Roland. Why are you here?" Chris asked, not bothering to stand up for the greater power.

"I am here to talk to the Angel of Life." Roland announced as he bowed his head to Angie, who had meat in her mouth. "It is of great importance."

Chris rolled his eyes, "It always is."

After she finished with her burrito, Angie stood up in front of the good-looking Elder. "Whatever you have to say to me, you can say to my best friend."

Roland nodded his head, agreeing with her. "The Elders and I have decided it is time for you to accept your –"

"Please don't tell me that they actually want me to be an angel like the Angel of Death or Destiny?" Angie interrupted.

Roland chuckled, "No, I was going to say that you have your first innocent. We have decided that this innocent is perfect for you to accept your birthright. Now, you need to be careful and not reveal who you are."

Angie rolled her eyes, "I have saved many innocents before with my abilities so please don't talk to me like I am an intern at a big, CEO company."

Chris muffled his laughter but stopped completely when Angie sent him a glare. "Well, who is my innocent?"

"I'm afraid you can't meet her just yet. We are worried about the demons that have been resurrected and believe they may use you –to bring more demons back from the Wasteland."

"But they used a Halliwell's blood." Chris reminded him.

Roland nodded his head, agreeing. "True but the Angel of Life is more powerful than any magical being. We will let you know when you can meet your innocent. Blessed be."

"Wh –Wait!" Angie called out but he already disappeared in blue and white orbs. "What the heck? The Angel of Life is supposed to help lead a person out of their horrible state and follow their dreams and whatever. What if my innocent is in trouble? Then what do I do? I don't know if it's a he or she!"

Chris chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Calm down, Angel. You and I both know that the Elders will not let that happen. Now come on, do not worry. Shoot, we have to go. Our lunch break is almost over."

Angie sighed, "Why do I have a bad feeling that those demons are going to ruin our lives? And this is just the beginning."

Wyatt and Chris's apartment:

After Caleb left the apartment, Wyatt took a shower and ate a full meal before locking his front door. He pressed the down button on the elevator and waited for the sound to come as he looked at his phone, wondering why his brother was not answering his text messages. Finally, the elevator doors opened and Wyatt looked up, only to see there was another person inside. It was a young female around Wyatt's age with long, light brown hair with highlights from the sun in a ponytail, and tan skin. She was dressed in jean shorts and a black sports bra top.

The woman stared at the gaping young man in front of her and smiled nervously at him. "Going down?"

"Huh? Oh! Yeah." Wyatt finally said as he stepped in and gladly saw that the first floor button already pressed. He looked around his surroundings and saw the woman holding keys in her hand. "Are you moving in?"

She looked up at the tall male and smiled, not realizing that Wyatt gasped on how beautiful her blue eyes were. She became more attractive up close. "Yeah, I just moved in the fifth floor. I'm Sofia Dawson."

Wyatt shook her hand, "Wyatt Halliwell. I'm sorry but have we met before?"

"Um, I don't think so." Sofia said, a little confused on how the conservation just went. She hoped he was not going to use a bad pick up line on her or anything.

"Right, sorry it's just when I saw your eyes I thought….um, never mind." Wyatt said, his cheeks turning red.

Sofia bit her lip from giggling. "Unless you work at the hospital then yes, we may have met."

"Do you work there as well?"

"No, my sister is a patient there and I've been visiting her for a couple of weeks now. And I decided to move out of my friend's dorm and stay on my own. Be more independent." Sofia told him. "So…you're a doctor?"

"A resident –I want to be a pediatrician."

"You like kids?"

"Yeah, I gotten used to being around kids since I'm the oldest of the family and my dad's a teacher." Wyatt explained to her.

"Really? I like kids too. I want to be a teacher." Sofia smiled shyly.

"I think that's great." Wyatt smiled back and both looked up as the elevator doors opened. "You know, I can help you with boxes."

"Oh no, I couldn't ask you to do that."

"Well, you aren't asking. I'm volunteering."

"Don't you have to go anywhere though?" Sofia asked.

Wyatt shrugged, "It can wait for a minute or two." He smiled.

Piper's restaurant:

Melinda sighed heavily as she sat down on the counter of the bar as she felt sweat drip down her back. It was already late in the afternoon and the hot weather was killing her. She was tired and starving for some fast food rather than food at her mom's work. Melinda took off her apron and put it on top of the counter as she gulped some ice-cold water down her throat. She was surprised that the weatherman was right about the hot weather today but she did not expect the place to be crowded so quickly around lunchtime. It was probably the heat.

"Wow, look at you go." Melinda smiled at Caleb as she finished her water and wiped off the water from the corner of her mouth. "I haven't seen you drink water like that since you were a kid."

"Caleb, what are you doing here?" she asked as he sat next to her on the stool.

He shrugged, "It's my day off and need to stay away from the Underworld for a while."

"Let me guess, you almost got killed?" Melinda teased.

Caleb grinned at her with his perfect white teeth showing. "You know me so well."

She rolled her eyes and gestured at the bartender to give two ice waters. "And I thought my family was on the demons' hit list."

"Ah, you still are." Caleb said. "I need a favor –"

"Mel, your brother and Angie got back from their break. You can go now but be back in forty five minutes." Piper told her.

Melinda nodded her head at her mom and turned her attention back at the half demon. "What was your favor?"

"Actually, never mind. How about I take you out to lunch?"

Melinda looked at him questionably. "Your favor was to me make you some lunch, wasn't it?" Caleb shrugged at her and she shook her head, laughing quietly. "What is wrong with men and food? I think it's the only steady relationship that they can keep."

"That's because it doesn't talk back. I'll meet you out the back."

Melinda grinned at him as she walked backwards to the kitchen doors, "It's a date."

Caleb stood there as his smile gotten smaller, hearing those last words and couldn't understand this strange feeling he had in his chest when Melinda smiled at him so happily. His day always brightened by her smiles. He thanked the bartender for the drinks before leaving the restaurant to his car. He drove in the back of the restaurant and waited in the sidewalk of the alley. He leaned against the car and – "Hello Caleb." The half demon jumped, seeing Amon, a full demon, standing a few feet away from him.

"What the hell, Amon? Don't surprise me like that." Caleb yelled. He looked around the parking lot and breathed a sigh of relief, seeing no witnesses. "What are you doing here in a Charmed One's work? Are you suicidal?"

"Those demons, Agues and Lukas, want a girl."

"You know they have places for girls like that."

Amon growled, "Not like that, you idiot! They are giving a reward for any demon if they can bring the Halliwell girl, whose blood was used to bring them back from the wasteland."

Caleb felt his throat tightened and his heart beating faster, "What kind of reward?"

Amon smirked, "I hear that it is greater than any demon imagined."

"So let me guess, you are to here to kidnap one of the Halliwell girls." Caleb said as he carefully took out a dagger from his back pocket. "Do you even know who it is?"

"No, but you know. We can both get the reward, Caleb! Imagine if we can get any power we wish. I know you want it. You no longer want to be bullied by the other demons, do you?" Amon smirked evilly. "We will be the first to capture a Halliwell without even having to fight one. I bet it is the Twice Blessed Child's sister –now, she is a powerful beauty."

"How does he know it's Melinda?" Caleb thought bitterly.

"She trusts you," Amon continued. "You can easily take her to their lair and we can get our reward quickly. It's the perfect plan."

"That does sound like a good plan, my friend. Who else knows about this little quest?" Caleb asked.

"A very few but they are strategizing who to attack first. What are we waiting for, Caleb? Get the Halliwell bitch and take her to the Underworld –drag her if you must. We can get there before anyone else. Or should I do it myself?" Amon questioned, wondering if the half demon is ready for this. He will betray the Charmed Ones but they will not know.

"Actually, I have a better idea."

Amon gasped as he felt something sharp pin against his stomach. He looked down and saw a dagger in it; he looked up at Caleb wide eye. What was the boy doing? Was he not…?

"Why? I thought –"

"You thought wrong." Caleb whispered sharply. "No one goes near the Halliwell family especially Melinda without messing with me."

Amon smirked at him and used an energy ball to push the half demon away from him. Caleb flew to the ground hard and groaned, feeling pain in his stomach. Wyatt may have healed him but there was still pain. Caleb jumped backwards, dodging an energy ball and bulldozed Amon to the ground. He pulled the dagger out as Amon screamed in pain and hit Caleb hard in the head with a piece of metal on the ground.

Caleb groaned and yelled, "That hurt!"

"I know you are one of us, Caleb. You just need to fight the human emotions and don't let it corrupt you like it did with Belthazor."

"I'm not him. I will never be like him or one of you." Caleb whispered angrily as he threw the dagger at Amon's forehead.

A couple of second later, the demon turned into dust. Caleb watched as the windy breeze took the dust away into the air. Caleb shook his head in disgust; Amon thought he was one of them. A monstrous demon. Sometimes he thinks he is whenever he is undercover in the Underworld.

But he hated the most was that Amon mentioned Cole. He really hates that there are similarities with him and the dead half demon. He just hopes there will be differences as well. Caleb moaned, pressing his fingers against his forehead, feeling a headache coming from that hit in the head. His vision then blurred for a moment –

"For the first time in my entire life, I don't feel like a monster. Don't get me wrong, my dad did a great job raising me but he was just a mortal raising a monster."

"You are not a monster."

Caleb's eye vision then cleared and wondered what just happened. He felt like he was suck into a vision or something. Quickly, he positioned himself against his car, putting his arms across his chest, as he heard shoes clicking their way to him. Melinda walked straight to him, her hair now in a high ponytail and with her bag on her shoulder. "Waiting long, Mr. Davis?" She teased with a smile on her face.

Caleb shook his head and smiled at her, "Not all."

A/N: Thank you all of you for your wonderful comments I feel so happy! You have no idea. I hope those who like Caleb/Melinda like how Caleb is protective of Melinda and how good their relationship is so far. And for those who like Angie/Chris the same thing goes as well.

Sofia...she may or may not be Wyatt's love interest just yet. For now, she is just a mortal woman moving into her new apartment.

Thank you and please comment!

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